Steaw-ctjtter



SlMONTON & WICKS.

Straw Cutter.

Patented April i0, 1855.

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l .ITEDSTATES PATENT fOEiEioE.

Enos:iojsnuoriron AND LOREN J. wicks, 0E rArERsoN, NEW JERSEY.

sfrRAw-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 12,699,` dated April 10, `18.155.

`Figure 1,is a longitudinal vertical section of our improved straw; cutter,"the plane of section passing through the center. Fig.

2,1is afront view of ditto.\ i

Similar letters of f reference indicate corj responding parts in the two figures. j y This invention relatesto anew and imi 1 [proved straw cutter` and consists in the emj `ploymentor :use of a" cylinder having knives"` uponits periphery and operating in connec-` l tion with a vibratingbed as willkbe here- "jjaftershownan'dfydescribed. f

To enable others skilled"` in the j art to @fully understand.andjfconstruct our inv-en'-` tion,we will proceed to describe it.

f A, represents thef feed box of the `machine j of the usual form and supported in the usual manner bye" frame work B. i Atthe frontend ofthe frame B, and flabout inline withthe"` bottom `of the feed j box there is a oylinderC,`fhaving two knives D," D, 1 attached to Iijt, said knives extending the wholelen'gth of the cylinder and pari allel with it.; `The knives are attached to the cylinder at oppositepoints on its periph- Mery? i Thefaxis -oftthe cylinder runs in suitable bearings (a) (w) attached to the frame B,

the ends of the axis extending a short disftancebeyondthe bearings, one end having `a iiy wheel D, upon it and the opposite end `Directly, above `the".` cylinder C, there `is "fia bed F, which has` two` uprights `or arms I(ib) (Z9) attached toits upper surface.` o The upper ends of theseuprights or arms are `connected with a shaft i (c) which works in j `bearings (d) (el) "attached to the frame B'. The under surface of the bed F, is` slightly convex and just` touches tlie edges of the knives D, D,whe`nz ina vertical position.

is a spiralspring'` one end of which is secured to the inner side of the bed F, and the opposite end to a guide board H, at the frontend of the feed box A.

The under surface of the bed F, is provided with a layer4 of raw hide (c) or other suitable material in order toprevent the edges o-f the knives from being injured by coming in vcontact with the bed. y

I, Fig. 1, is an adjustable throat piece, the innerend being secured `to the sides of `the feed box by pivots so as to allow the govern outerl end `to be raised or lowered to the length of the cut.

The operation will be readily seen. .The `straw to becut is placed in the feed box A, and a rotary motion' is given the cylinder` C, byturning. `the crank E, and the knivles D, D, as" they rotate cut the straw `which passes between their edges and the undersurface .of the bed F, which vibrates or moves forward by the pressure of the knives as they bear against it while cutting kthrough* the'jstraw, the bed returning backiward., as theknives pass it by the action of the spiral springG. The knives Vand bed by their `operation giving the properfeed motion to thestraw. The feed motion may be modified however so that the straw may be cut longer or shorter by adjusting the throat piece I, andtherefore enlarging or contracting the orifice or mouth of the feed box through which'the straw passes, so that the straw canno-t pass too freely through the orice or mouth.

We do not claim the adjustable throat piece I, for that has been previously used, neither do we claim separately the cylinder C, with knives D, D, thereon for they also have been used, but

What we do claim as new and desire to Isecure by Letters Patent, is-

THos. o. srMoNToN. LoREN J. Wicks.

Witnesses:

ANDW. MEAD, j PETER D. SIMONTON. 

